Sonic School Supplies in the USA Page 17
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The first is a usual off-white canvas color with modern Sonic & Tails in the winged ring with logo at the bottom.
The 2nd bag is all black with the Eggman Hazard Tile in the middle and a 'cracked earth' lines background. The slogan there is "Think you can beat me? Hahaha" Eggman also appears as a white line art at the bottom. The handle for this one is wider and red. It's interesting to see Eggman starring on a bag.
Anyway...You can get Sonic Amy Tails trio with 'don't stop', a pointing eggman portrait, Shadow with speed lines and his name, Sonic Tails & Amy with life in the fast lane slogan, a Sonic portrait, or Knuckles punching/gliding forward with his name. (The subhead there is 'the echidna') They're stylish and fairly large, it's too bad blindbagging gets in the way. These appear at Hot Topic in winter 2025, but may be elsewhere.
That's because it is actually a Tails Mini Backpack Plush. However, this time the plush doll isn't very mutant, it looks pretty normal and nice for an ok modern Tails. It is not taken over by the functionality of the backpack...which means this is more likely the space of a small purse set as a zipper in the doll's head or back. There are the usual nylon straps on the back.
This is a winter 2025 Hot Topic item, at about 22 dollars, but what company made it? Hot Topic doesn't say. They did a pretty good job as it does not suffer big-body, does have the glove/sock belts, the expression is ok and so are the ears/face proportions. The bangs are a floppy flat cloth in this case. It's not amazing but it also isn't terrible. An ok item.
These seem to be the first modern type Sonic Valentines. For school card exchanges, it's common for many franchises and etc to have a set of cards to exchange with the whole class that are character themed. Sometimes they come with bonuses, and these do: there are temporary tattoos to place in the envelope with each flat card. There are also heart seals for the envelopes to shut them.
The cards themsleves have the expectable stock arts of various characters, and slogans. However, the slogans have all been modified to have the word 'valentine' in there whether it makes any sense or not. And mostly it doesn't.
This set was found at Hobby Lobby, but other stores had to have them too. The company is "Paper Magic Group By Design", and it was for 2025 Valentines day.
It's a pretty simple item, with the nylon woven straps (in matching light blue) on the back and the usual zipper compartment. As is the usual with these things it's less a backpack and more a 'tiny space purse' becuase you can barely fit anything into the compartment as it is very small and competes for space with the stuffing of the item, as it is plush first and backpack second.
It's a decent enough thing with embroidered eyes and mouth. The yellow does have the 'fade' effect for the tips of the limbs and the head. It is 33 dollars at Game Stop, and it is an all right way to get what is most likely a just about life size / real size Neutral Chao for your collection. Photo by Taaron
This one uses embossing (so, slightly textured) to enhance the line work on the full color art for modern Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy. This is called the Sky Sanctuary Backpack, as that's what level is shown in simplified line art as the background. Do notice that the Death Egg is up there too. The whole pack is blue, but the characters (and rings) are full color.
It has the usual added/stitched on leather name plate with both logos near the top. The zippers are all metal. As is also the usual, the quality of the materials here is high with tough zippers, thick leather, and nice art. It is 'mini' though. This is available at Hot Topic and other stores where Loungefly is sold. It should be about 50 dollars (typical price for them) and is a spring 2025 item
Do notice the zipper pulls, each one is a chaos emerald to match the color of the character's eyes. There are 2 standard mesh side pockets on the sides. It is the standard 18 inch full size, which is nice/useful. The design is splashy without looking 'kiddie'. It is a bit more costly though, at 45 dollars. This is a HT Summer 2025 release.
It has a simple sort of appeal, with big black/white checkers all over for the backpack part, and the simple emoji face as the outer pocket. The oval face has that simple 'fin' of spikes and flap ears. Do notice that the zipper pull here is a metal and enamel ring.
This is an instance where the 'face IS the thing' doesn't look bad or stupid. Because the Emoji style is already 'an icon shape' having the shape just...on the backpack is fine. The big checkers don't let it get too busy and keep it in line with the simple/cute theme. This item actually pulls it off. And it had better...because it is 50 dollars and keep in mind its MINI, so it's more like a purse. This is a summer 2025 item.
Loungefly releases this quite-detailed classic style backpack where he's the star! Eggman in his egg o matic is the outer pocket for this. And he's got a gimmick up his sleeve too: the headlight really lights up! A light up backpack? Is this the first of a kind for Sonic merchandise? Maybe/probably.
There's no shortage of detail here. You've got stitched texture for Sonic & Tails in the background, PLUS the parts of them that go off the edges comic-panel style really do and they are die-cut. The background is GHZ, with plenty of rings too. Notice the zipper pull, it's the finish line/spinning sign, with Sonic on one side and of course Eggman on the other so you can actually spin it. The interior of the bag is all-over GHZ printed too. Loungefly is living up to their quality reputation again, with all attention to detail. The price also lives up to it at 80 dollars for this mini size backpack/purse. This will be wherever the brand is sold including Hot Topic
You get watercolor paints and brushes, eraser, pencil sharpener, markers, crayons, colored pencils and brushes. As is their usual, everything is Sonic themed with the same 'wrap' of character faces and designs on the items, and the paper sleeve for the eraser also has Sonic on there. It's a pretty big set of stuff, so it's about 30 dollars and is on Amazon. This is a Summer 2025 item.
The hard card box with CG modern Sonic graphics on every side has 48 Sonic branded markers inside. (All markers have the same branding with the logo and a Sonic face) The lids match the color of the ink, so storing them vertically is no problem and the box keeps them neat...and also looks good wherever you put it because of the nice CG on all the sides.
There's extras-
Interestingly, this appears to come with a Sonic pin and a Tails pin, as well as that rubber Sonic star shaped thingy there. But what is it? It's a special cap that goes on top of the lid of a favorite marker color to decorate it. This is confirmed at Amazon, and about 22 dollars, which is an ok price if the markers are quality.
*Marker health tip: storing markers cap-down can keep them nicer for longer
This is the STK Trio Backpack at Target in summer 2025. It's a standard size kids backpack with nice CG art for Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. It has that nice blue shimmer foil for the background, which looks especially good with the high gloss plastic that covers the character art. (Sort of hard to see in photos, but is nice in person) The fabric sides of the bag have scattered character heads as the all-over design. Do notice that there is a Sonic face flat rubber zipper-pull on there too.
This is VERY bargain priced as it releases (not like clearance or anything) at only 12 dollars! This is in store and online. It is also popular enough that Target placed it in a circular-ad and in email ads to attract people to the store.